Abductive logic

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf form of reasoning
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs abduction
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:machine_learning
gptkb:investigation
diagnosis
natural language understanding
gptkbp:contrastsWith inductive logic
deductive logic
gptkbp:defines A form of logical inference which starts with observations and seeks the simplest and most likely explanation.
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Charles_Sanders_Peirce
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Abductive logic
gptkbp:relatedTo inference to the best explanation
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:artificial_intelligence
gptkb:philosophy
scientific reasoning
diagnostic reasoning
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:logic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4